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Lexicon :: Strong's H3389 - yᵊrûšālam

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יְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration
yᵊrûšālam
Pronunciation
yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A dual (in allusion to its two main hills [the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשְׁלֵם (H3390)]), probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה (H3384) and שָׁלַם (H7999)
Strong’s Definitions

יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 643x

The KJV translates Strong's H3389 in the following manner: Jerusalem (643x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 643x
The KJV translates Strong's H3389 in the following manner: Jerusalem (643x).

  1. Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"

    1. the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.
STRONGS H3389: Abbreviations
יֲרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ, יְרוּשָׁלַ֫יִם 644 proper name, of a location Jerusalem (in Assyrian Urusalim, Tel Amarna, ZimZA, 1891, 252, 254; Ursalimmu, COTGlossary; Greek Version of the LXX Ιερουσαλημ; √ and meaning dubious; Rel Ew and others derive from יְרוּשׁ שׁלם possession of peace (or Salem's possession); Thes and others from יָרָה, i.e. יְרוּ + שָׁלֵם a foundation of peace; GrillZAW, 1884, 134 ff. foundation of Shalem (Shalem = God of peace, = י׳); but name not certainly Hebrew; according to SayceAcad. Feb. 7, 1891, 138; Higher Crit. 176 (opposed by ZimZA. 1891, 263), JastrJBL xi, 1892, 185 = Uru (city) + Salim, proper name, of divinity); — usually יְרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ (Qr perpetuum), Joshua 10:10 +; יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ 1 Samuel 17:54 +; ־לַ֫יִם + 5 times according to Masora (see FrensdorffMass. Magna, 293), namely Jeremiah 26:18; 1 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Chronicles 25:1; 32:9 (with ה locative), Esther 2:6, (but לָ֑֫םִ - 1 Chronicles 3:5 van d. H Baer), so Maccabean coins, LevyGeschichte. d. jüd. Münz. 42 f.; with ה locative יְרוּשָׁלַ֫מֳה 1 Kings 10:2; Isaiah 36:2; Ezekiel 8:3; (־לַ֫יְמָה 2 Chronicles 32:9 above); ־לָ֑מֳה 2 Kings 9:28; with prefixes: בִּירו׳ 2 Samuel 9:13 +; לִירו׳ 2 Kings 18:22 +; מִירו׳ 2 Samuel 15:11 +; וִירו׳ 2 Kings 23:1 +; — Jerusalem, renowned as capital of all Israel, afterwards of southern kingdom, seat of central worship in temple, first named as city of Canaanite Adoni-Ṣedek † Joshua 10:1, 3, 5, 23 (all J E), compare Joshua 12:10 (D); inhabited by Jebusites Joshua 15:63 (twice in verse) (P), Judges 1:21 (twice in verse), compare Judges 1:7 (Adoni-Bezek); identification with יְבוּס Judges 19:10, and הַיְבוּסִי (which see) Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:28 (both P); captured by Judah Judges 1:8; first named in connection with David 1 Samuel 17:54†; taken possession of by David as king 2 Samuel 5:6; David's royal seat 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel 5:14; 2 Samuel 8:7; 2 Samuel 11:1 +; it remained the capital until taken by Nebuchadrezzar, B.C. 588, 2 Kings 25:1 +; it became the chief home of the returned exiles Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:11; Nehemiah 2:11, 17 +; mentioned Samuel + 31 times, Kings + 92 times, Chronicles + 151 times, Ezra + 25 times, Nehemiah + 38 times, Isaiah1 + 27 times, Isaiah2,3 + 22 times, Jeremiah + 107 times, Ezekiel + 26 times, Zechariah + 41 times, etc. — See also proper name, of a location יְבוּס, שָׁלֵם.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3390.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

10:1; 10:3; 10:5; 10:10; 10:23; 12:10; 15:8; 15:63; 18:28

Judges

1:7; 1:8; 1:21; 19:10

1 Samuel

17:54; 17:54

2 Samuel

5:5; 5:6; 5:13; 5:14; 8:7; 9:13; 11:1; 15:11

1 Kings

10:2

2 Kings

9:28; 18:22; 23:1; 25:1

1 Chronicles

3:5; 3:5

2 Chronicles

25:1; 32:9; 32:9

Ezra

1:11; 2:11

Nehemiah

2:11; 2:17

Esther

2:6

Isaiah

36:2

Jeremiah

26:18

Ezekiel

8:3

H3389

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Strong's Number H3389 matches the Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַם (yᵊrûšālam),
which occurs 643 times in 600 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 7 / 12 (Neh 4:7–Sng 3:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - [fn]Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the [fn]repair of the walls of Jerusalem H3389 went on, and that the breaches began to be closed, they were very angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:8 - All of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem H3389 and to cause a disturbance in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - At that time I also said to the people, “Let each man with his servant spend the night within Jerusalem H3389 so that they may be a guard for us by night and a laborer by day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:7 - “You have also appointed prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem H3389 concerning [fn]you, ‘A king is in Judah!’ And now it will be reported to the king according to these reports. So come now, let us take counsel together.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, H3389 for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - Then I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem H3389 be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, H3389 each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6 - These are the [fn]people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah, each to his city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - [fn]So they proclaimed and circulated a proclamation in all their cities and in Jerusalem, H3389 saying, “Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and [fn]wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches and branches of other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:1 - Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, H3389 but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, H3389 the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:2 - And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 - Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, H3389 but in the cities of Judah each lived on his own property in their cities—the [fn]Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the [fn]temple servants and the [fn]descendants of Solomon’s servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:4 - Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. H3389 From the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6 - All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem H3389 were 468 able men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 - Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem H3389 was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers for the [fn]service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem H3389 they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem H3389 so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:28 - So the sons of the singers were assembled from the district around Jerusalem, H3389 and from the villages of the Netophathites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29 - from Beth-gilgal and from their fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem H3389 was heard from afar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, H3389 for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from the king,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and I came to Jerusalem H3389 and [fn]learned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, by preparing a [fn]room for him in the courts of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 - In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem H3389 on the sabbath day. So I admonished them on the day they sold food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16 - Also men of Tyre were living [fn]there who imported fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19 - It came about that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem H3389 before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut [fn]and that they should not open them until after the sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates so that no load would enter on the sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:20 - Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:6 - who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem H3389 with the captives who had been exiled with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:18 - By Your favor do good to Zion;
[fn]Build the walls of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:29 - [fn]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem H3389
Kings will bring gifts to You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, the nations have [fn]invaded Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your holy temple;
They have laid Jerusalem H3389 in ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:3 - They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; H3389
And there was no one to bury them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:21 - That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem, H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:19 - In the courts of the LORD’S house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem. H3389
[fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:2 - Our feet are standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem, H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:3 - Jerusalem, H3389 that is built
As a city that is compact together;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:6 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: H3389
“May they prosper who love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:2 - As the mountains surround Jerusalem, H3389
So the LORD surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 128:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:5 - The LORD bless you from Zion,
And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem H3389 all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:21 - Blessed be the LORD from Zion,
Who dwells in Jerusalem. H3389
[fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:5 - If I forget you, O Jerusalem, H3389
May my right hand [fn]forget her skill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not [fn]exalt Jerusalem H3389
Above my chief joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:7 - Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem, H3389
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
To its very foundation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:2 - The LORD builds up Jerusalem; H3389
He gathers the outcasts of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:12 - Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! H3389
Praise your God, O Zion!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:1 - The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:12 - I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:16 - I [fn]said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem H3389 before me; and my [fn]mind has observed [fn]a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:7 - I bought male and female slaves and I had [fn]homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:9 - Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. H3389 My wisdom also stood by me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 - “[fn]I am black but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem, H3389
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - “[fn]I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, H3389
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you do not arouse or awaken my love
Until [fn]she pleases.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - “[fn]I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, H3389
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until [fn]she pleases.”

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